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Ep. 10: What are the problems of the pension system in Bulgaria?

0:35 – Introducing the episode's themes

3:05 – How did the EKIP Virtual Pension Fund perform in October?

07:15 - Episode topic: The problems of the pension system in Bulgaria and how they affect the financial situation of each of us

49:00 - Answers to questions about investing in ETFs by our donor Dobri Simeonov
("closed" vs. "open-end" funds; forex risk; BUY-WRITE strategy; hidden leverage; effect of ETFs on markets)

73:50 – New data from the Financial Supervision Commission on the return of Universal Pension Funds in Bulgaria

78:50 - Other financial news from Bulgaria

81:45 – Fintech news – whiskey investment opportunities (!), new Revolut functionality for commission-free trading

87:00 – Final words

 

Links:

EKIP Virtual Pension Fund

 

Episode topic: The problems of the pension system in Bulgaria

EKIP pension reform proposal

The pension reform website

 

Bulgarian news:

How much does my pension fund bring?

Consumers are taking out increasingly larger loans to consolidate debts

Court blocks access to 40 sites offering investment services without a license

Which banks have the lowest fees?

Presentations from the My Money Expo

 

Fintech:

Malt investment

Revolut launches commission-free stock trading functionality

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About Georgi Vuldzhev

Georgi Vuldzhev is a member of the board of directors of BLO and editor-in-chief of EKIP. His articles on economic and political topics have been published by both Bulgarian and international publications such as Mises Institute, Foundation for Economic Education, European Students for Liberty, etc. He worked as an economist at the Institute for Market Economics and currently holds the position of economic analyst at CEEMarketWatch and is a weekly columnist on investment topics for the Tavex blog.

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